After a great seventh weekend where Avatar again finished first place in both domestic and foreign markets, it earned enough to become the first film ever to make more than $2 billion worldwide.

This weekend Avatar‘s domestic take fell only 14% from last weekend, making approximately $30 million and bringing the domestic total to $594.5 million. This places the film only $6.3 million behind Titanic for the #1 domestic gross record. Its main competitor was the new Mel Gibson movie, Edge of Darkness, which only managed to earn $17.1 million.

In terms of the foreign earnings, where Avatar has already taken the top record, it made $95.1 million this weekend, down only 12% from last weekend’s numbers. This places the foreign earnings at $1.45 billion, with the top contributions of the weekend coming from Italy ($10.9 million) and China ($9.7 million).

Now that Avatar has hit this milestone, we should ask: Will it make another billion? I’ve seen some websites that believe it may make it that far, but others that think $3 billion is wishful thinking. The most important parts of Avatar‘s growth have been the low rate of decline in weekly sales, the premium price of 3D tickets, and the word-of-mouth promotion that’s been causing many to see the film that wouldn’t have at first considered it. I guess we’ll just have to see how the movie progresses in the coming weeks.

To see the totals for many of Avatar‘s most important markets, continue below the cut.

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